Rob Pope

Rob Pope is a British runner and adventurer who became the first person to run across America following Forrest Gump's fictional route — a journey of over 15,000 miles that took him across the United States multiple times, raising money for charity and capturing the imagination of people around the world. Becoming Forrest is his account of this extraordinary adventure, telling the story of why he decided to run, what he encountered along the way and how the experience transformed his life. The book is part travelogue, part endurance story and part meditation on what drives someone to take on a seemingly impossible physical challenge. Available as both a book and an audiobook — narrated by Pope himself — Becoming Forrest offers inspiring and entertaining listening and reading for fans of adventure writing, running and stories about ordinary people who do extraordinary things.